| 单词 | legacy |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['legəsi] |
| 解释 | n.遗产；遗留之物 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 遗产(bequest) 【考】 legacy : predecessor / gift : donor(前辈留下遗产/捐赠 者留下赠品) 【记】 来自legate(把…遗赠 给)，leg(选择)+ate →选出接受(遗产的人) |
| 字源 | legacy (n.) late 14c., "body of persons sent on a mission," from Old French legatie "legate's office," from Medieval Latin legatia, from Latin legatus "ambassador, envoy," noun use of past participle of legare "appoint by a last will, send as a legate" (see legate). Sense of "property left by will" appeared in Scottish mid-15c. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 遗产; 遗留之物 【记】读: 来个死. 死了以后就可以领到遗产了! 【类】legacy: predecessor = gift: donor前辈留下遗产 = 捐赠者留下赠品 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自legate 遗赠；legal + 音：死，法律上讲人死了后这人的东西与财产就成为遗产，可以传给法定继承人等 【相关】legate(记：leg + gate 跑腿的进门了) 使节，作为遗产让与, 遗赠，delegate 委派.为代表，委托，delegacy书代表, 代表权, 代表团 |
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